On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 00:05:29 -0500, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
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>> The appearance of the "star" was just Jupiter and Saturn lined up,=3D20
>> which happens every 805 years. With that in mind, he was born in 6=3D20
>> B.C.
>[snip!]
>
>born in 6 B.C.? I thought that B.C. meant "Before Christ"? If so, how do
>Jesus be born six years before?
Because some monk in the 6th century coudn't count, even with sandals on...
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